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A womannamedLydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purplefabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lordopened her heart to respond to the thingsspoken by Paul.
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And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay." And she prevailed upon us.
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It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave-girlhaving a spirit of divinationmet us, who was bringing her mastersmuchprofit by fortune-telling.
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FollowingafterPaul and us, she kept crying out, saying, "Thesemen are bond-servants of the MostHighGod, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation."
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She continued doingthis for manydays. But Paul was greatlyannoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of JesusChrist to come out of her!" And it came out at that verymoment.